It’s Toesday for the Donks and toes and drenching for the sheep. David (farrier) and Simon the fence are visiting.

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Fare thee well…

Merryhall. If all goes to plan we are moving, hoping to move is more accurate;…

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• Doings
• Shopping

Malvern…

Ninety minutes or so away is the Victorian/Edwardian town of Great Malvern. And what a…

• Area
• Doings

Pepys, the diarist…

Started chapters like so. “To Oswestry…”. So I did. But why, I hear you WhatsApp,…

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• The garden
• The Seasons

Quercus, an oak…

by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and…

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• The garden
• The Wye

Early longest-day morning…

Early longest-day morning. Can I say that? Goosander family spooked by my minuscule appearance: a…

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• The animals

Donkey lunch, slow television.